Artist

Benoît Audran, II

1698–1772

132130

Works

Years lived

Painter

Style

Benoît’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Frère Blaise Feuillan

Benoît Audran II (French, 1698-1772) possibly after a drawing by Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721) after a painting by François de Troy (French, 1645-1730)

Charles I, King of England

Benoît Audran I (French, 1661-1721) after Adriaen van der Werff (Dutch, 1659-1722)

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Design: Proportions of the Farnese Hercules, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1733

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Senjiro disguised as Kichisaburo and Nakamura Tomijuro I as Oshichi in the joruri "Midaregami Yoru no Amigasa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1742

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Summer: Planting Rice (Natsu: taue no zu), No. 2 from the series "The Four Seasons of Farmers (Shiki no hyakusho)"

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II casting a curse at the hour of the ox

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Katakai in the play "Mugen no Kane Omoi no Akatsuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1746

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a peddler of tooth-blackening dye

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744

Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Urashima Taro and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Kanemoto Gozen in the play "Ichi no Tomi Seiwa Nendaiki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1746

Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Month of June/The Sign of Cancer, from The Grotesque Months

After a design by Claude III Audran (1658–1734), 1708–09 Woven at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins France, Paris

The Actor Tomizawa Montaro I as Miyako no Mae in the play "Izu Genji Horai Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1736

Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I and Dekijima Daisuke II

Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Otani Oniji I as Soga no Goro and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as the sister of Yoshinaka in the play "Fuji no Yuki Mitsugi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1746

Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

Two Studies of a Roma Woman and a Roma Boy in a Large Hat

Jacques de Gheyn II Dutch, 1565-1629